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This vote requires the EU Commission to suspend a current “visa waiver” for U.S. citizens within two months from the vote. However, travelers this summer may not need to fear. This vote does not necessarily mean that come May you’ll need a visa for European travel. As it was a non-binding resolution, the EU Commission may choose not to act upon the European Parliament’s resolution, in which case, the European Parliament has warned it would take the European Commission to court, further dragging out the process. As of now, there’s no clear estimate for when visas may be required.

The U.S. requires visas for visitors from Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania, but U.S. citizens can visit all of those countries visa-free. The lack of reciprocity has long been a source of tension, lending the illusion of second-class treatment to citizens of those five EU countries. The European Parliament may drop their resolution entirely provided the U.S. promises visa reciprocity, as has happened with Canada, which has vowed full reciprocity by December 2017.

The stakes are high as the EU and the U.S. battle over this issue. Requiring visas for U.S. travel to the EU could hurt tourist revenue—and accompanying jobs in the tourism industry—in popular vacation spots, such as France, Italy and Spain. It appears likely that the U.S. would respond by requiring visas for visitors from all EU countries. Both the U.S. and EU stand to lose economically by enforcing visa requirements.

Do you have European travel planned for May? I do, and for now I’m not worrying too much about acquiring a visa on short notice. Implementation of the visa requirements would likely take time, even years. Once implemented, it’s possible the EU will implement a simple electronic travel authorization, whereby a U.S. visitor to the EU would fill out a form online ahead of time with personal information. Similar systems now cost about $15 per person and can be approved quickly—in less than a week.